You remember that long list of PPI side effects I shared with you yesterday? Well, here’s another risk to tack onto that list — chronic liver disease. That’s right. A team of researchers at [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
There’s a better way to beat acid reflux
I’ve been telling you for years that smart nutrition works better than drugs for managing heartburn. And really, doesn’t it just make sense? Most reflux is caused by issues that have nothing to [...]
Nature’s most surprising statin substitute yet
I’m a stickler for good nutrition — I won’t pretend otherwise. But let it be known, I’m not a killjoy. Because like I’ve told you a thousand times, “dieting” can be delicious. And while you can’t [...]
A better life, from bathroom to bedroom
I love writing about testosterone — and here’s why. It’s actually something men will pay attention to, for the most part. And getting men to engage in one aspect of their health means they’re [...]
Don’t skip the salad dressing — double it
There’s so much that infuriates me about the mainstream’s absurd obsession with low-fat diets — it’s hard to know where to start. For one thing, falsely pegging fat as the enemy has allowed the [...]
Sleeping in could save your child’s life
Not a day goes by where I don’t counsel my patients on the vital importance of a good night’s sleep. And as I’m sure you’ve noticed, it also gets plenty of lip service here in the Reality Health [...]
Are childhood obesity interventions effective?
Two steps forward, one step back — that pretty much sums up the latest move against this country’s snowballing childhood obesity crisis. This one comes courtesy of the U.S. Preventive Services [...]
This killer took 4 million lives in 2015 alone
Obesity-related deaths hit new high worldwide. It was a headline practically tailor-made to catch my eye. And I can only hope it garnered the same immediate attention from the rest of the world… [...]
New research exposes SPRINT’s fatal flaw
It’s always refreshing when someone (other than me, of course) steps forward to call out mainstream medicine’s shameless drug-pushing for the dangerous hogwash that it is. But that’s just what a [...]
The mainstream may change its mind on HRT — but I won’t
Medicine has long wrestled with the question of risk versus benefit where hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is concerned. And with such high stakes — including increased risks of lethal [...]